9th July 2007
Celebrity-frequented Cypriot gourmet heaven
Vrisaki has been something of a hot tip among my co-workers for years and it took me a couple of months to go try it. I first had a dner kebab from the front of the restaurant, which looks like a standard kebab shop. It was very good. I went back the next week and had the grilled chicken kebab, which was even better--although it did seem suspiciously good for me.
It took me another month before I sat down in the restaurant itself. The kebab shop front opens into a space with about fifteen tables for proper seated dining. On the menu, I found just about every grilled item they make up front, plus a large number of salad options, seafood, and traditional Cypriot dishes--mezes and the like.
The portions are generous, and you should never bother ordering a salad since the mains all come with a mixed salad, not to mention the olives, radishes, houmous, feta, and pita that are automatically served to you once you sit down.
The grilled dishes are all excellent, but the single best meal I had was the fried red mullet, which you are supposed to eat whole "like chips", as our waiter put it.
The area around Vrisaki is not particularly scenic, but it is only five minutes from Bowes Park overground station, straight down Myddleton Road. Vrisaki is definitely worth a detour.
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